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City of Cleveland Holds Press Conference on Changes to Traffic Sentencing Codes

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Cleveland, Ohio –The City of Cleveland today is hosting a press conference to discuss new information concerning changes to traffic sentencing codes in place since May 2016. It has come to the city’s attention that defendants accused of certain traffic offenses may have been improperly sentenced because of changes to the city’s code.

Why: The City of Cleveland became aware that specific codes changed to align with Ohio State law resulted in confusion over appropriate sentences.

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